Re: [PATCH 10/11] fuse: Allow user namespace mounts

[Miklos Szeredi]

On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 3:32 PM, Dongsu Park <dongsu@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> To be able to mount fuse from non-init user namespaces, it's necessary
> to set FS_USERNS_MOUNT flag to fs_flags.
>
> Patch v4 is available: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/8944681/
>
> Cc: linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> [dongsu: add a simple commit messasge]
> Signed-off-by: Dongsu Park <dongsu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  fs/fuse/inode.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/fuse/inode.c b/fs/fuse/inode.c
> index 7f6b2e55..8c98edee 100644
> --- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
> @@ -1212,7 +1212,7 @@ static void fuse_kill_sb_anon(struct super_block *sb)
>  static struct file_system_type fuse_fs_type = {
>         .owner          = THIS_MODULE,
>         .name           = "fuse",
> -       .fs_flags       = FS_HAS_SUBTYPE,
> +       .fs_flags       = FS_HAS_SUBTYPE | FS_USERNS_MOUNT,
>         .mount          = fuse_mount,
>         .kill_sb        = fuse_kill_sb_anon,
>  };

I think enabling FS_USERNS_MOUNT should be pretty safe.

I was thinking opting out should be as simple as "chmod o-rw
/dev/fuse".  But that breaks libfuse, even though fusermount opens
/dev/fuse in privileged mode, so it shouldn't.  That can be fixed in
libfuse, but it's an unfortunate bug and it also means /dev/fuse is
configured with "crw-rw-rw-" in most cases.  Which means it will be
opting out, not opting in, which is the less safe version.

> @@ -1244,7 +1244,7 @@ static struct file_system_type fuseblk_fs_type = {
>         .name           = "fuseblk",
>         .mount          = fuse_mount_blk,
>         .kill_sb        = fuse_kill_sb_blk,
> -       .fs_flags       = FS_REQUIRES_DEV | FS_HAS_SUBTYPE,
> +       .fs_flags       = FS_REQUIRES_DEV | FS_HAS_SUBTYPE | FS_USERNS_MOUNT,
>  };
>  MODULE_ALIAS_FS("fuseblk");

As I said, this hunk should be dropped from the first version, because
it's possibly unsafe.

Thanks,
Miklos